MADISON, WI – (Wisconsin Radio Network) – Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers claims people will die if Republican legislative leaders win their court challenge to his Safer at Home order.
Republican legislative leaders are challenging the extension of Governor Tony Evers’ Safer-at-Home order.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to block the extension Tuesday.
Vos and Fitzgerald released a statement pointing out that other states in the Midwest, like Ohio, have set firm dates to start phasing in a re-opening much earlier than the May 26th date Evers set.
Evers told reporters the move is a “political power grab.”
The state Supreme Court has given the Evers administration until April 28th to respond to motions filed Tuesday.
The governor’s order keeps people at home and businesses closed until May 26th.
Republicans say Evers and D-H-S Secretary Andrea Palm overstepped when they extended the order by a month.
Lawmakers say they should have a say in the decision about the order when it goes past May 11th.
Republican legislators are questioning the goals of the Badger Bounce Back.
That’s the governor’s plans for re-opening Wisconsin for business.
One of the key parts is more testing for the coronavirus, but one lawmaker says Wisconsin isn’t testing to its capacity right now.
State Representative John Nygren says the state is nowhere near the governor’s goal of testing 85 thousand people-a-week.
Not because it can’t. Nygren says Wisconsin could test more than seven thousand-a-day, but it’s only testing about 14 hundred. He also wants to know why the goal is being set so high, and if there really is a need for that much testing.
Organizers say the Wisconsin Freedom Rally will be held Friday at 1:00 p-m, even though they have been denied a permit.
Participants are being asked to “peacefully assembly” outside the state Capitol building.
County health officials say they are concerned about health and safety which could be compromised by the gathering of a large group of people.
A spokesperson says they understand people are frustrated, but a mass gathering is a dangerous way to express those feelings.
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